Does it run on it's own once you put the disk in the drive?
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no just follow instructions, put it on drive turn off pc and back on, select boot from disk
1274484
My drive failed, but if I remember correctly, the software is on the root of the drive and there may be an auto-run inf file. I simply delete or rename the inf file to prevent it from running and then zip up the software without using it.
1386249
make sure all your programs that pertain to your workings of the hard drive are closed and nothing is running. sometimes it takes a little while but it works for me. i've unplugged the hard drive without waiting at times and never lost anything. don't recommend it though.
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Mine did, and it worked fine for me, I had the hard drive fitted in a few minutes, real easy
1097382
If you mean: "Does it backup periodically (you decide when) and only the new stuff on the hard drive, the answer is yes. It does not do a complete backup every time it backs up the system.
2055156
This product doesn't run on your computer. It runs on its own software built in and records for you on its own hard drive.
1265788
No, It only seems to control the cd functions. The buttons on it are mode, folder+, folder-, skip+, skip-, stop and play/pause.
1250852
I keep it just plugged in all the time regardless of what I do with the (desktop) computer. The drive seems to be performing well and I think I've had it more than a year. I'm using it for local file sync'ing. It's usb so you should not need to mount or unmount.
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No, as far as I know you have to use the app to move anything into the drive using it as a stand alone drive. I originally wanted to use it on locations and such but data transfer is slow and the interface is horrendous. I'm sticking to my laptop and cabled drives for the time being.
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Yes. It does not run power of USB cord. You must have the power cord. I purchased 2 of these 3 years ago and have been moderately happy with them. Though now I require much greater space for my back-ups. Last year I had to purchase 2 new power cords as both of them stopped working. This is a known issue with this Lacie drive. If you buy be prepared to purchase a new power cord about every 18 months.
534055
I dont think it does but it does auto download its drivers from the internet. which is better because any disk it might come with would the wrong driver anyway
463381
It did not do that for me. It tried to repair my system, but it didn't work, though it may not have been the disk's fault. I finally figured out the hard drive itself was failing and had to be replaced.
1812123
No but you can boot from a standalone CD program and make a copy of a drive that has been freshly formatted.
955659
I can say, without thinking, I pulled the drive out while the computer was on. It rebooted my computer while the drive was still spinning in my hand, which was quite difficult to hang onto. Having done that, I feel it is pretty safe to say that you cant do it safely with a 7200rpm disk.
1212243
Yep! I would suggest choosing the program to play it through instead of letting it autoplay, but it has a disk drive.
1773042
No, it is a bare drive. I used a usb2IDE appliance and Clonezilla, a free OpenSource download.
835735
I don't know if it will automatically do that. I do it as a backup manually